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16-year-old volunteer firefighter, JROTC Cadet dies
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The Jackson County community is mourning the loss of 16-year-old Christopher Harrison, after he died Tuesday from complications following a motorcycle accident. On Tuesday, Jackson County Judge-Executive Shane Gabbard officially ordered all flags at county government buildings to be flown at half-staff until Harrison’s funeral is over. Flags were flown at half-staff across Jackson county Tuesday as the community mourns the death of 16 year old Chris Harrison... a young man who was already known to many...as a hero. "Him being the kind of student and citizen that he was, and playing the role he did in our community, it’s...
3 Things To Know About High School JROTC Programs
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Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs can instill skills in students that help them in all aspects of life. Citizenship, leadership, character and community service are the core tenets of high school Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs. "JROTC is based on leadership," says Shelbi Davis, 18, a senior at Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia, Missouri. "It just helps you work with others and be able to clearly express yourself and not be afraid of what people think of you." Davis, a cadet colonel in her high school's junior ROTC program, is one of the thousands of teens who participate in...
Thank you to all the U.S. Military, First Responders, and Law Enforcement for our Freedom.
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Cadet Creed
Two women training to be Army Rangers may reshape military
 CAMP JAMES E. RUDDER, Fla. — Wearing a cap, sunglasses and a 75-pound rucksack and carrying a 17-pound machine gun, the buzz-cut Army officer quickly traversed a muddy river, pulling on a rope stretched between trees on either bank. After a short break, the soldier shoved a black Zodiac boat into the water for a two-mile paddle with nine other soldiers, one of hundreds of tasks over nine weeks of Ranger School, the top leadership course in the Army. It was hard to tell anything was different about the officer, except when she opened her mouth to ask for...